He was a key figure in the revolutionary violence that forced out President Porfirio Díaz and brought Francisco I. First Battle of Agua Prieta (1911) First Battle of Ciudad Juárez with Pascual Orozco (1911) Battle of Zacatecas (1914) First Battle of Nogales First Battle of Torreón (1913) Battle of Ojinaga (1914) Battle of Zacatecas (1914) Battle of Celaya (1915) Second Battle of Agua Prieta (1915) Battle of Columbus (1916) Battle of Guerrero (1916) Third Battle of Ciudad Juárez (1919)įrancisco ' Pancho' Villa ( UK: / ˈ v iː ə/, also US: / ˈ v iː j ɑː/ Spanish: born José Doroteo Arango Arámbula, 5 June 1878 – 20 July 1923) was initially a bandit, who became a general in the Mexican Revolution.